So I bought an R4 SDHC. I have used it a few times and it seems to work perfectly fine, but in the course of researching functionality of the card, I have run across many different reports of fake cards. The most worrisome thing I have read so far is that there is no such thing as an R4 SDHC, that it is a fake. Yet the site (www.r4i-shdc.com), aside from being written in horrid engrish, seems legit. As I said, the card seems to work fine, I have tried a few games in it. I upgraded the copy of moonshell that was preloaded and it still works. So I am really lost here. Should I be worried?

unfortunately. canadian, though. and it came with a 4gb SD, so its not too bad. still, i feel ripped off. Out of curiosity, is there such a card as the iTouch? because I bought the R4 to replace that one (which I broke), and i got it from the same store for the same amount

Just so you know there is other firmware available for R4 and R4 clones like yours.

There's new unofficial R4 firmware by the R4li team (r4li.com) which might work on your clone card, eventhough the cheats work good and nearly all games are compatible it still appears to be quite buggy.
And that's why I would recommend YSMenu which is the most used firmware by R4 and R4 clone users, since it is the best firmware for R4 and clones.

YSMenu does get updated so you don't have to worry about patching every single new rom.

If you want to install it you can check out the sticky guides in this board. There's a guide to create YSMenu manually (aka the hard way, eventhough it's actually not that hard) or you can make YSMenu with R4YSAuto (which is a program that creates YSMenu for you).

i actually read about that during my perusal of this forum. The only reason I dont want to install it right now is because it doesnt support soft-reset. I know, minor issue, but none-the-less irritating to me

I bought mine 1-2 years ago, and it has played everything I put on it (except GTA:Chinatown, I had to wait for a patched version).

Is there some "tell" or visual difference between real/fake?

What if I crack it open and have a look at the mother-board?

Thanks!

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The easiest way to tell is if it says "R4 " like R4 New, R4 Upgrade or R4-III. The official R4 site used to have a guide but I don't think it's still in existence. There was a guide posted here as well, I think Kobykaan posted it.

Why is that though? I only ask because I bought a "fake" R4 with a 4gb micro sd and card reader for £20 and it works great. I bought it in May and there has been 3 software updates since then. I have yet to come across a rom that didn't work and I have had no problems.

If it works fine then I wouldn't exactly be worried, just don't expect much in the way of software updates.

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Wrong.It is a clone, but They update their firmware quite often, and all games work on it. They even added a new save backup version last update. Its a really great flashcard. since it first came out like 4 months ago, they updated they firmware 7 times. they update it about every 5 to 30 days, so no worries for any incompatibility stuff.

SOURCES: I have had one for 3 months, very good and they even update their cheat database every time The cheat code crew of gbatemp comes out with a new release. Don't listen to him, this clone is way better than the other r4 clones. Btw No offence edhel

EDIT: I wonder if i'll ever even stumble over compatibility problems with this card.

However if you want a top of the line flashcard, get the supercard ds onei, cyclods or a m3i zero